'They shut you down and shut you up': St John Ambulance abuse survivor

From left: Mick Finnegan, Valerie McLoughlin, Mags Lamont, and Martin Hoey protest outside Leinster House to demand publication of the report into historical child sexual abuse allegations at St John Ambulance. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins

A whistleblower who complained about child sex abuse at St John Ambulance said he was “happy, but also shocked and angry” after a report into his concerns was published today.

Mick Finnegan, 40, from Crumlin, Dublin, was just 12 years old when the abuse began at the hands of a senior member of the organisation for which he was volunteering.